WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence officials are evaluating worrisome new information about an
Iranian missile purportedly capable of carrying an atomic bomb.
The intelligence came from a "walk-in" source earlier this month and includes
more than 1,000 pages purported to be Iranian drawings and technical documents,
including a nuclear warhead design and modifications to enable Iranian ballistic
missiles to deliver a nuclear bomb, the Washington Post reported Friday.
The documents included a specific warhead design based on implosion and
adjustments aimed at outfitting the warhead on existing Iranian missile systems.
Secretary of State Colin Powell and other top U.S. officials were briefed
last week on the data, which also has been shared with British Prime Minister
Tony Blair.
If the new data is confirmed, it would mean the Islamic republic is further
along than previously known in developing a nuclear weapon and the means to
deliver it.
Iran, which Sunday agreed with France, Britain and Germany to suspend its
nuclear program, has denied it is trying to build atomic weapons.
